707.07
Order of incorporation.

After the hearing on a petition to incorporate, the board of
county commissioners shall enter an order on its journal allowing the
incorporation if it finds that:

(A)
The petition contains all the matters required in section
707.02 of the Revised Code and the
statements in the petition are true.

(B)
Notice has been published as is required
by section 707.05 of the Revised Code.

(C)
The number of valid signatures
on the petition constituted fifty-one per cent of the electors within the
territory proposed to be incorporated, as determined by the total number of
votes cast within that territory for the office of governor at the preceding
general election for that office.

(D)
The territory included in the proposed
municipal corporation is compact and is not unreasonably large; municipal
services, such as police and fire protection, street construction and
maintenance, sanitary and storm sewers, planning, zoning, and subdivision
control, and parks and recreational facilities are capable of being financed by
the proposed municipal corporation with a reasonable local tax, using the
current assessed valuation of properties as a basis of calculation; and the
general good of the community, including both the proposed municipal
corporation and the surrounding area, will be served if the incorporation
petition is granted.